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Cambridge IGCSE Sociology (0495) · Family
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Family

This mini-lesson covers Cambridge IGCSE 0495 'Family': different family types, functions of the family, changing family life, and the functionalist, Marxist and feminist views.

Work through each screen, answer the questions as you go and collect ⭐ stars. Some questions are multiple-choice, some are sort-and-match games, and a few use simple research-methods maths (percentages and sample figures). Press Start when you're ready.

Functions

What is the family for?

  • Functionalism: Murdock (four needs); Parsons (socialisation + stabilising personalities).
  • Marxism: serves capitalism. Feminism: serves patriarchy.
Quick check

Whose view?

?Who said the family's key jobs are primary socialisation and stabilising personalities?
Forms

Family types & diversity

  • Nuclear, extended, reconstituted, lone-parent, same-sex, beanpole.
  • Family life varies across cultures and is changing (globalisation).
Sort it

Sort the form

Tap a description, then the best-fitting form.

🏠 Nuclear

👵 Extended

👤 Lone-parent

Quick check

Which form?

?A step-family formed after remarriage is a…
Roles

Conjugal roles

  • Segregated vs joint roles; the 'symmetrical family' (Young & Willmott).
  • Oakley: women's dual burden.
Calculate

Your turn — percentage

✎In a survey of 400 married women, 232 agreed with a statement. What percentage agreed? Give a whole number.
%
Hint: percentage = (part ÷ whole) × 100 = (232 ÷ 400) × 100.
Change

Changing family life

  • ↓ marriage, ↑ cohabitation, ↑ divorce; alternatives to the family.
Calculate

Your turn — percentage change

✎Cohabiting couples in a sample rose from 90 to 117 over ten years. Calculate the percentage increase. Give a whole number.
%
Hint: % change = (change ÷ start) × 100 = ((117 − 90) ÷ 90) × 100.
Match it

Match perspective to claim

Tap a claim, then the perspective.

Statement
Answer
Calculate

Your turn — response rate

✎A researcher posts 500 questionnaires and 340 are completed and returned. Calculate the response rate as a percentage. Give a whole number.
%
Hint: response rate = (returned ÷ sent) × 100 = (340 ÷ 500) × 100.
Calculate

Your turn — percentage

✎In a survey of 250 lone-parent households, 95 agreed with a statement. What percentage agreed? Give a whole number.
%
Hint: percentage = (part ÷ whole) × 100 = (95 ÷ 250) × 100.
Quick check

Whose concept?

?Which feminist argued the symmetrical family is a myth (dual burden)?
Calculate

Your turn — sample size

✎A sampling frame lists 800 people. The researcher takes a one-in-four (1/4) sample. How many people are in the sample?
people
Hint: sample = 800 × 0.25.
Quick check

Change

?A reason often given for rising divorce is…
Recap

Family — the big ideas

Functions: Murdock, Parsons vs Marxist & feminist critiques

Types: nuclear, extended, reconstituted, lone-parent, same-sex, beanpole

Roles: symmetrical family vs dual burden

Change: ↓ marriage, ↑ cohabitation, ↑ divorce; alternatives

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